Beijing (AFP) - Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte declared his "separation" from longstanding ally the United States in Beijing on Thursday, as he rebalances his country's diplomacy towards China.

Duterte is in China for a four-day trip seen as confirming his tilt away from Washington and towards Beijing's sphere of influence -- and its deep pockets.

"I announce my separation from the United States," he said to applause at a meeting in the Chinese capital.

"America does not control our lives. Enough bullshit," he added in a rambling speech that flipped between languages.

"How can you be the most powerful industrial country when you owe China and you are not paying it?"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/duterte-meets-xi-philippines-cozies-beijing-044808788.html

Ouch, that's gotta hurt.

Are Obama, Kerry, and Hillary all equally to blame for this mess?

After 7+ years, I don't think they can blame Bush any more.

Could be that the Philippines failed to contribute enough to the Clinton Global Initiative.

Who the f wants to be part of the Philippines?

They wanted us out of Clark AFB and Subic so bad...

Ol' Mt. Pinatubo blows, Clark leaves, that place has gone straight down...

Sows

The Philippines President is a fucking idiot!. Read what he has to say. He's encouraging his police to shoot criminals in the street.

He's our Trump.

Sounds like the next place to live. That world leader Obama wants to. E is failing just like Obamacare.
They still speak English which is more than you can say about America in 5 years

what's wrong with executing drug dealers - more so when you have a 90% approval rating? Sounds like a man who can get things done and is sick and tired of hearing "bullshit" (his words) from the Americans who want to direct how he runs his country. Not that he's all that smart as the Chinese will have his fishing fleet driven out of the S. China Sea in a few years and will then outsource their most polluting factories to his country and pay a $1/day for laborers - same things we did to the PRC years ago - hah! Payback is a bitch.

Philipinos are some of the dumbest people on earth, no loss here. The only good that country produces is a five dolla suckey fuckey

little brown inbred asians Wrote:
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> Philipinos are some of the dumbest people on
> earth, no loss here. The only good that country
> produces is a five dolla suckey fuckey


No, they were our southern stalwart in Asia. Now, they have fallen into the Chinese sphere of influence. Australia has also begun negotiating directly with the Chinese and no longer considers itself part of the US regional containment partnership. Without the Philippines, we have no real ability to protect Taiwan.

That leaves Japan and Korea as are key partners in the Asian Pacific. Japan and China hate each other so Japan might not fall to China's money and military threat. Korea probably will.

Another victory for the Obama legacy.

Red State * Wrote:
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> "I announce my separation from the United States,"
> he said to applause at a meeting in the Chinese
> capital.

wow, looks like the GOP may have found their man to run against Hillary in 2020, lol

Red State * Wrote:
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> Beijing (AFP) - Philippines' President Rodrigo
> Duterte declared his "separation" from
> longstanding ally the United States in Beijing on
> Thursday, as he rebalances his country's diplomacy
> towards China.
>
> Duterte is in China for a four-day trip seen as
> confirming his tilt away from Washington and
> towards Beijing's sphere of influence -- and its
> deep pockets.
>
> "I announce my separation from the United States,"
> he said to applause at a meeting in the Chinese
> capital.
>
> "America does not control our lives. Enough
> bullshit," he added in a rambling speech that
> flipped between languages.
>
> "How can you be the most powerful industrial
> country when you owe China and you are not paying
> it?"
>
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/duterte-meets-xi-philip
> pines-cozies-beijing-044808788.html

If you knew anything about Duterte, you would not be troubled by this. (Frankly, I doubt that you are troubled by it.) He is at the bottom of pile along with Mugabe, Kim Jong Un, and their ilk.

Yet another obumbler failure.

Trump-tardz love leaders like Putin, Assad and Duterte. It reminds of them of daddy

con-tardz have daddy isues Wrote:
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> Trump-tardz love leaders like Putin, Assad and
> Duterte. It reminds of them of daddy


Hill-tardz love Wall Street .001%ers, war, the military-industrial complex. illegal immigrants stealing our wealth, shipping our jobs to slave-labor countries, gay-hating Middle East kingdoms, pay-to-play politics that sells out our country and it's assets to the highest foreign bidder, bank bailouts, division politics, anyone other than their fellow Americans and any country other than the USA. What a winner of a candidate you tardz picked.

Duterte has backtracked once again. How many times is that? https://www.rt.com/news/363757-duterte-sever-ties-washington/

The only thing consistent about Trump supporters (other than lying) is that they always take the side of the foul-mouthed guy.

Stop whining.

If you like the current state of healthcare, world peace, education in the US, wage rates, and social justice.... Vote for Hillary.

If you don't, and want someone who will try to change it, Vote Trump.

It's really that simple.